A strong iodine note dominates the finish with this bottle, washing over the limestone, lemon, and salty yuzu flavors on the remainder of the attack. Less fruit expansion with this particular sample.…
One of the best Henri Boillot bottles I've had in a while, out-classing Mouchere, Corton Charlie (which are more angular and blocky when young), and even Batard (though Batard has elevated focus,…
Slight reduction at first, with a stony, white rock and high riding white/yellow fruit core that presents as fairly strict throughout. Thinner mid-palate, with the mineral elements dominating over…
Lemon, lemon, and lemon. Crème fraiche and vanilla encompass the succulent fruit on the front end, making for a creamy texture and rounder attack on entry. Mid-palate is medium, with lemon curd and…
Strong pineapple rind and barrel influence here. Seems a bit disjointed at first, finishing slightly bitter. With air, its brassy profile wanes, with tropical fruit, lemon curd, and cantaloupe rind…
A solid Leflaive, but one that is certainly a young pup in need of a lot of air. Lemon leads the charge, with quince, melon rind, honey, crème fraiche, and wet travertine. Clean and fresh, with…
This bottle was muted and linear. It took a lot of coaxing to catch slivers of lychee, lime, white melon rind, and lemon pith notes. Needs a ton of air, and even then there were no fireworks. No…
Butterscotch, apricot, honey, and orange blossom. A compelling wine, and though on the downswing of its evolution, it carries the perfect balance of savory, ripeness, and dry elements that all make…
Like a 2020 Fingers Crossed White served next to it, the SQN performed well, if but a bit static and horizontal across the attack throughout consumption. There was a nice sense of depth that emerged…
This bottle was fine and all, with melon rind freshness and yellow citrus lift that adds to the yellow and white pear flavors, but it stays middle of the road in terms of depth. Slightly superficial…
Super reductive, showing front-loaded richness and a brawny, shouldery execution. Lemon curd, buttered popcorn, matchstick head, barrel spice, yellow pear skin, yuzu, and salt rock. The 14.5% ABV…
This is a fun wine for food pairing, as it is dry and almost sherry-like in stature. It goes with a great number of varying seafood, pasta (risotto), and vegetable dishes (and even foie gras foam!).…
This thing was beautiful. Same notes as September 2024. Pours a super cool neon yellow green hue. The wood is nicely integrated and the succulent fruit is framed perfectly with subtle hints of petrol…
Although this was certainly an outlier amongst a group of Chardonnay-heavy competition, the Miani offers an eyebrow-raising punch of lemon verbena, yellow and white melon, grass, lychee, unripe…
Yellow citrus and pear flavors make for a medium-intensity delivery, with solid lift and tension to elevate the lemony-lime fruit. Green streak of limestone, green pear, and green apple flesh inject…
This was a brassier showing than the previous bottle I'd sampled, especially given the fact that it was served blind amongst waaaay fresher Chardonnay profiles, which only exacerbated the perception…
The reduction was super strong on this bottle and robbed the fruit of any chance of expansion. Hardboiled egg, lime, and lemon pith. Overdone and blown out to the point of no return for me. Jacked my…
Another solid performance, and the favored wine of the blind white flight, this is a strong vintage from Droin Grenouilles. Saline and iodine meet lemon-lime zing, delivered in perfect balance.…
In typical Leflaive fashion, the base model outperforms many of the otherwise higher-level whites that surround it. What lifts this and elevates its brightness above others is the wonderful acidity…
This was a tough sell in a blind white tasting (mostly Chardonnay), as it came off super hot and burley compared to the more elegant Chardonnays in the lineup. This vintage is unfortunately my least…
